John Rentoul

John Rentoul is chief political commentator for The Independent on Sunday

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Economics

Why do the British dislike the free market?

Renationalising the railways? That is the new Labour leader’s “new politics”. Jeremy Corbyn advocates a reheated Andy Burnham policy of taking each line into public ownership as the franchises expire. A policy of returning to the glorious past of British Rail. Oh but it is popular, they say. So are One Direction. It doesn’t make […]